One bedroom, one bath: Beautiful and serene apartment with a view on a quiet, well maintained courtyard. Located on the second floor (with an elevator) near Square du Temple in the heart of the Haute Marais. 42 m2, with a kitchen open to the living area.

Apartment facts

Total n° of Rooms2

Size42 m2 / 452.09 sq ft

Floor2

N° of Bedrooms1

N° of Bathrooms1

KitchenOpen, equipped

General ConditionExcellent

One bedroom, one bath: Beautiful and serene apartment with a view on a quiet, well maintained courtyard. Located on the second floor (with an elevator) near Square du Temple in the heart of the Haute Marais. This fully renovated, turn-key property measures 42 m2, with a kitchen open to the living area.

Location

Paris: 3rd arrondissement

The northern part of the historic Marais, the third is an eclectic neighborhood with plenty to see and do. The wholesale shopping around Place de la Republique quickly turns more quaint and small-neighborhood as you head south. “Temple” is a trendy corner of Paris at the moment with lots of bars, good-value restaurants and art galleries at every turn. The streets are filled with locals, foreign and international, out to have a good time. The heart of the Marais is between rue de Turenne and rue des Archives, where you will find wonderful museums and galleries in old hôtel particuliers, a number of Paris’ renown hidden parks and gardens, restaurants, cafés, and boutique shopping. Head east to the border of the 3rd and 11th arrondissements to find more up-and-coming restaurants and hipster hangouts.

Average price: €11,219/m2; +7.5% over one year; +55.1% over 10 years

Not long ago, a savvy buyer could expect to find an inexpensive apartment to renovate in the northern 3rd arrondissement. Those days are long gone. Expect heftier prices around République, and down from there as you enter the historic Marais. Look for prices to continue to rise in the northern part of the 3rd, with the renovation of the Marché du Temple and the Place de la République, and the areas around the Marais. Average price:11,219 €/m2, ranging between 7,906 € et 15,861 € /m2 depending on the area.

Current Market Prices — 3rd arrondissement

Neighborhood

Price/m2 in euros

Low

Medium

High

Arts-et-Métiers

€ 7,725

€ 10,684

€ 14,567

Enfants-Rouges

€ 7,765

€ 11,137

€ 15,398

Archives

€ 8,578

€ 12,199

€ 17,115

Sainte Avoye

€ 8,118

€ 11,235

€ 15,072

Get to know the 3rd arrondissement

Architectural styles

Paris evolved out of a walled city, and some historians argue that this alone has given Paris a certain logic that London or Boston lacks. Paris has really never lost its walls: 900 years after the 12th-century wall of Philippe August, we now live in a city walled by its ring-road, the Péripherique highway. This succession of walls, gradually torn down and rebuilt through the centuries, has created a spiraling city, which grew gradually out from the Ile de la Cité. It’s not surprising that some of the oldest buildings are near the center of the spiral.

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Medieval

(1100-1526)

During the early Middle Ages, the people of Paris poached entire sections of the sturdier Roman walls to use for their own buildings. You can still find roman stones in the cellars of the medieval half-timbered buildings found mostly in the 4th arrondissement but also in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th.

Interiors have low pier and beam ceilings, walls are half-timber or exposed stone, and the layout tends to have small and irregular sized rooms. These Pain de Bois buildings are structured around a staircase with a wooden or stone load-bearing axis at the center and a cellar of vaulted caves, both of which make installing an elevator in these buildings almost impossible.

This style of architecture is also found in these Arrondissements:1|2|4|5|6

Immeuble de Rapport

While Louis XIV (1643-1715) was exploring the Baroque style, ordinary Parisians of this era saw the development of the humble immeuble de rapport: rental apartment buildings for the middle class which continued in popularity for several hundred years. Found in the 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, and 11th arrondissements, the facades are simple cut stone with interior walls made of “Paris stone” (plastered), and a brick fireplace. The floors are oak parquet with parallel slats; the ceilings are medium or low in height. Shorter, less expensive wood beams were used, so rooms were rectangular and small. Most apartments were studios or one bedroom but over the years many have been combined to create larger apartments. The stairwell in this type of building is small but elevators are generally possible.

This style of architecture is also found in these Arrondissements:4|9|10|11

Post War

Through the Seventies

These years are often seen as a disaster for French architecture. Some terrible mistakes were made, in particular the destruction of Les Halles in central Paris. Building styles from the 1950’s had to meet a large demand for new housing quickly and affordably as almost no new housing in Paris had been created during the previous 20 years. To meet the demand over 2500 buildings were constructed during the decade but Paris did not have a coherent building plan in place so developers were left to their own whims as to the height and size of their buildings with little concern for the surrounding architecture. Developers often prioritised profit over architectural beauty but they provided the Parisian population with well-equipped, low-rent housing. At the same time this was the period of Le Corbusier and his influence can be seen in the luxury buildings of the period which often have large balconies, modern layouts, and lots of light. The majority of buildings from this period have a brick, stone or concrete façade, elevators, low ceilings, carpeting, and small rooms.

Restaurants

Volumes have been written on where to eat in Paris, but this is our very personal take on favorite places to go in each arrondissement. Some are swanky and require reservations, and some are more casual eateries. If you find other favorites, let us know so we can add them to our site in the future.

Like being invited to a gourmet dinner at a friend’s pad – settle in the dining room, play pingpong in the salon, watch a movie in the den, drink champagne in the boudoir, or relax in the upstairs bedroom.

Straight from Brittany, home of crêpes, this café brings an air of sophistication and gourmet ingredients to this quintessential French specialty. Tradition and innovation cross paths here where you can find a mixture of sweet and salty flavors, and where above all Brittany is the flavor of the day.